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Bacterial pyrogenic exotoxins as superantigens [PDF]

Clinical Microbiology Reviews, 1995
The recent discovery of the mode of interaction between a group of microbial proteins known as superantigens and the immune system has opened a wide area of investigation into the possible role of these molecules in human diseases. Superantigens produced by certain viruses and bacteria, including Mycoplasma species, are either secreted or membrane ...
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Antimicrobial Efficacy of a Taurolidine‐Based Antimicrobial Compound on Contaminated Surfaces Simulated in a Standardized 4‐Field Test

Advanced Healthcare Materials, Volume 15, Issue 7, 16 February 2026.
As implantable medical devices become indispensable to modern medicine, a silent threat grows alongside them: device‐associated infections. Despite decades of antibiotic innovation, infection rates keep climbing, costing lives and billions in healthcare expenses.
Benito Baldauf, Hendrik Bonnemeier, Ernest W. Lau, Jana Hummel, Reinhard Vonthein, Ojan Assadian   +5 more
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Uptake and intracellular trafficking of superantigens in dendritic cells. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
Bacterial superantigens (SAgs) are exotoxins produced mainly by Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pyogenes that can cause toxic shock syndrome (TSS). According to current paradigm, SAgs interact directly and simultaneously with T cell receptor (TCR)
María B Ganem, Mauricio C De Marzi, María J Fernández-Lynch, Carolina Jancic, Mónica Vermeulen, Jorge Geffner, Roy A Mariuzza, Marisa M Fernández, Emilio L Malchiodi   +8 more
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Detection of Exotoxin a Gene in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strains Isolated from Burn Infections in Tanta University Hospital [PDF]

, 2022
Laila Tahir Mahmoud Sultan, Kareman Ahmed Eshra, Fawkia Mahgoub, Kareman Ahmed Eshra   +3 more
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Exploring the Potential and Evaluating Hydrocarbon Degradation by Novel Antarctic Dietzia and Pusillimonas Isolates From a Pristine Environment

Environmental Microbiology Reports, Volume 18, Issue 1, February 2026.
The Antarctic Dietzia and Pusillimonas isolates were tested for bioremediation applications. Genomic analyses revealed the potential to degrade complex organic compounds, potential virulence factors and resistance genes. Physiological assays showed a wide range of adaptation to abiotic factors and sensitivity to different groups of antibiotics ...
Tomasz Krucoń, Julia Karbowska, Wiktoria Pietrowicz, Robert Stasiuk, Łukasz Drewniak   +4 more
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Prophage exotoxins enhance colonization fitness in epidemic scarlet fever-causing Streptococcus pyogenes

Nature Communications, 2020
The pathogenesis of Streptococcus pyogenes (GAS) causing scarlet fever has been associated with the presence of prophages, such as ΦHKU.vir, and their products.
Stephan Brouwer, Timothy C. Barnett, Diane Ly, Katherine J. Kasper, David M. P. De Oliveira, Tania Rivera-Hernandez, Amanda J. Cork, Liam McIntyre, Magnus G. Jespersen, Johanna Richter, Benjamin L. Schulz, Gordon Dougan, Victor Nizet, Kwok-Yung Yuen, Yuanhai You, John K. McCormick, Martina L. Sanderson-Smith, Mark R. Davies, Mark J. Walker   +18 more
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Efficacy evaluation of combination vaccine of recombinant C-terminal fragments of ApxIA, ApxIIA and ApxIIIA in piglets [PDF]

, 2017
The efficacy of the combination vaccine of the individual C-terminal fragments of ApxIA, ApxIIA and ApxIIIA of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae (APP) was evaluated in piglets. Twenty piglets were divided equally into 2 groups (n=10).
Choi, Min Soo, Choi, Yeong Hwan, Hur, Jin, Kang, Ji Young, Kim, Won Kyong, Moon, Ja Yong Moon, Seo, Jeong-Woo   +6 more
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Isolation, identification, and pathogenic potential of Bacillus cereus from diseased big‐belly seahorse Hippocampus abdominalis

Journal of the World Aquaculture Society, Volume 57, Issue 1, February 2026.
Abstract Members of Bacillus cereus have been documented as important bacterial pathogens in aquaculture. However, scarce information is available on B. cereus isolates as causal pathogens of big‐belly seahorses Hippocampus abdominalis. In the present study, a B. cereus isolate (SH1), recovered from a disease outbreak on a seahorse farm, was identified
Chunlei Gai, Chenhao Teng, Yueqi Yang, Yiyao Liu, Haijing Jie, Youhong Wang, Haibin Ye, Haipeng Cao   +7 more
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Debridement increases survival in a mouse model of subcutaneous anthrax. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2012
Anthrax is caused by infection with Bacillus anthracis, a spore-forming gram-positive bacterium. A major virulence factor for B. anthracis is an immunomodulatory tripartite exotoxin that has been reported to alter immune cell chemotaxis and activation ...
Zachary P Weiner, Anne E Boyer, Maribel Gallegos-Candela, Amber N Cardani, John R Barr, Ian J Glomski   +5 more
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Construction of a Multiplex Promoter Reporter Platform to Monitor Staphylococcus aureus Virulence Gene Expression and the Identification of Usnic Acid as a Potent Suppressor of psm Gene Expression [PDF]

, 2016
As antibiotic resistance becomes phenomenal, alternative therapeutic strategies for bacterial infections such as anti-virulence treatments have been advocated.
Davies, J, Gao, P, Ho, PL, Kao, RYT, Villanueva, I, Wang, Y   +5 more
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